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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201806-02 ] Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:02:11
Message-Id: 1948606.F5u8SGceuJ@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201806-02
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: June 13, 2018
10 Bugs: #656230, #657564
11 ID: 201806-02
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the
19 worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is
25 commonly used to provide interactive websites.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-plugins/adobe-flash < 30.0.0.113 >= 30.0.0.113
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player.
39 Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
45 privileges of the process or obtain sensitive information.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-30.0.0.113"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2018-4944
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4944
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-4945
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4945
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-5000
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5000
69 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-5001
70 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5001
71 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-5002
72 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5002
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74 Availability
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77 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
78 the Gentoo Security Website:
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80 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-02
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82 Concerns?
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85 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
86 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
87 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
88 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
89 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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91 License
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94 Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
95 belongs to its owner(s).
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97 The contents of this document are licensed under the
98 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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100 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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